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Williams’ practice focusses on ‘Undesirable Cities’ and the beauty in dereliction, decay, and expiration within urban environments. Rooted in psychogeography and addressing the effects of the environment and inhabitants of a city, the photographic works seek to challenge and reposition ideas around the notion of ‘postcard cities’, their heritage, occluded and neglected areas. Banality and humour play a key role in how the spaces are seen for Williams. Whilst walking and exploring ‘off the beaten track’ areas she discovers and draws attention to the hidden and ignored areas of a location, in order to challenge conventional acts of visual tourism. Often utilising defunct and out of date film stock to align with the notion of lost locations, expired film – expired city. The outcomes are often gritty and grainy, muted, and sombre which supports the profile of these locations perfectly. Also exploring digital as a counterpoint and with a playful approach with a snapshot aesthetic to celebrate badly spelled signs or graffiti to cleverly observe the juxtaposition between how a city is presented and how it is experienced.
MA Fine Art
Stephen Andrews / Kirsten Archer / Clare Chennells / Caitlin Doherty / Niki Gandy / Aaron Griffin / Rachael Kara Heath / Lisa Holden / Lauren Kate / Edward Kemshell / Sarah Parker / Jessica Pope / Glenys Shirley / Stephen Shirley / Rupert Smithson / Cheryl van Goethem / Emily Williams
MA Art and Design by Research
Wolverhampton School of Art Graduate Showcase 2021
We are delighted to announce our end of year graduate showcase highlighting the work of our final year students in Art, Design and Screen based subjects.
Over the last few weeks we have had a film crew on site in the School of Art recording student experiences and their work. The last year, has undoubtedly been a huge challenge to students and staff in the School of Art. We have found ourselves working at home in make-shift spaces and often with limited materials and kit. Our staff and students have been hugely inventive in finding opportunities and outlets to keep learning live - and this, in itself, is a testament to our creativity and resilience as a sector.
British Art Show 9
22 January - 10 April 2022
We are delighted to announce that the Wolverhampton School of Art has been selected as one of the venues for the prestigious British Art Show 9! In what is a major boost and sign of recognition for arts and culture in Wolverhampton, we are proud to be hosting this prestigious touring exhibition in January 2022.
FEINART Lecture Series
The FEINART LECTURE SERIES will discuss the role, impact, and theoretical implications of socially engaged art. This series of public talks is organized by the Innovative Training Network FEINART (The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art) jointly led by the Universities of Wolverhampton (coordinator), Zeppelin University (direction of the training programme) University Iceland, and University of Edinburgh.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860306
